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Fancy Flips A Fashionable Way To Fight Cancer

Tribune photo by CANDACE C. MUNDY

Peggy Bamford, creator of Fancy Flips and a team co-captain for Batty Boobies, works on making a pair of her speciality flip-flops. Bamford and other team members are making the flip-flops to sell to help raise money for the 2008 Tampa Bay Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk starting Oct. 31.

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By B.C. MANION | The Tampa Tribune,

Published: September 12, 2008

LUTZ - They're fun, furry and perhaps a bit frivolous - but Fancy Flips are made by women who are deadly serious about fighting breast cancer.

Peggy Bamford of Lutz spends most of her spare time crocheting yarn around ordinary flip-flops to help raise money for a group of six women who will be walking in the 2008 Breast Cancer 3-Day.

The event, which takes place in 14 cities nationwide, is a 60-mile walk to raise money for breast cancer research, education and community outreach programs.

Each woman must raise $2,200 to participate in the walk.

When Bamford saw some funky flip-flops, she figured that making and selling them might be just the thing to help the women raise the money they need. Her teammates agreed. They buy flip-flops, then add the yarn. It takes about 30 minutes of uninterrupted time to fashion a pair of Fancy Flips, Bamford said.

A typical pair goes for $15, but they also offer a red and pewter version for Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans for $20. Each pair sports a pink ribbon - a reminder of the cause they support.

They can be purchased at Fiber Art, 8723 Gunn Highway, and at Classy Consignment, 23020 State Road 54.

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